As a child who grew up in the 1960s and 1970s, I feel vaguely cheated. Between Tomorrows' World, Blue Peter and Magpie, I definitely feel we were promised individual jetpacks by now. But somehow that has not happened.

The FCA has made it easier for Financial Planners to find up-to-date supervisory communications on its website.

Global economic uncertainty is fuelling significant growth in demand for financial advice from worried clients, according to a survey of nearly 200 UK financial advisers.

Jupiter Fund Management saw assets under management fall by £1bn to £44.3bn in the first quarter as high retail outflows continued to bite.

Personal Finance Society President Carla Brown explains why the PFS is investing £1m into a series of major new training initiatives to attract new blood to the profession and tackle the long-term decline in new entrants.

In this special Guest Column for Financial Planning Today, SSAS expert Martin Tilley looks at the need for SSAS regulation and asks whether we are moving closer to new rules. Martin writes regularly for Financial Planning Today's sister website SIPPs Professional which can be viewed here: https://www.sippsprofessional.co.uk/

Total advised customers for investment and SIPP platform AJ Bell rose 7% year-on-year to 177,000 in the first quarter.

Assets under management at wealth manager St James’s Place dipped by £2bn to £188.6bn in the first quarter of 2025, despite a 29% rise in gross inflows for the quarter.

The FCA has published plans to “streamline” rules on the types of funds investment firms must hold in a step it claims could cut red tape by up to 70%.

The Government is to create a small pensions pot consolidator as part of its Pension Schemes Bill.